California Trucking Association

News Alert: Appeals court denies request to rehear AB5 decision

A decision by a federal appeals court on Monday could allow California to begin enforcing its independent contractor law over the trucking industry in as soon as one week.

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied a petition filed last month by the California Trucking Association (CTA) for an en banc rehearing of the court’s April decision that removed a lower court’s injunction exempting the trucking industry from the independent contractor law known as AB5. The...

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CTA asks for en banc hearing as it seeks to keep AB 5 out of California’s trucking sector

As expected, the California Trucking Association has filed an appeal in its setback to keep AB 5 out of the state’s trucking sector, asking a full 9th Circuit to review a recent appellate court decision.

In an action filed last week, the CTA asked for an en banc hearing. In an en banc action, the party making the appeal asks for the full circuit to hear the case, with a subset of the full circuit assigned to it. 

The en banc request was filed last week. 

In the filing, the CTA returns to the key...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cta-asks-for-en-banc-hearing-as-it-seeks-to-keep-ab-5-out-of-californias-trucking-sector

News Alert: AB5 free to be enforced in California’s trucking sector

An injunction that stopped the California trucking industry from coming under AB5, the state’s  law governing the use of independent contractors, has been overturned.

A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in a 2-1 vote, handed down its decision Wednesday after hearing oral arguments back in early September.

In his dissent, Judge Mark Bennett summed up the impact of the appellate court’s decision in language that the California trucking sector has been dreading for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/news-alert-ab5-free-to-be-enforced-in-californias-trucking-sector

Appeals court revives quadriplegic’s negligence claim against C.H. Robinson

A motorist who sued C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) for negligence in the aftermath of a 2016 crash that left him a quadriplegic will get another day in court against the logistics company after a ruling this week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

A three-judge panel voted 2-1 to reverse and remand a decision by the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Nevada that had dismissed the case based on federal preemption law, known as the Federal Aviation Administration...

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Analysis: Most VW emissions settlement funds go to diesel tech, not electric vehicles

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  • It’s been five years since the Volkswagen Group admitted to rigging passenger cars to cheat emissions tests.
  • Money from the settlement is helping fleets replace polluting vehicles with cleaner equipment, but so far most of the money has been invested in diesel, not electrification.

In 2019, Connecticut-based food and household goods distributor Bozzuto’s Inc. was awarded approximately $1 million from the state’s Volkswagen emissions cheating settlement to be applied toward the purchase of 30...

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Oakland Athletics takes swing at Schnitzer Steel

The Oakland Athletics this week struck back against opponents of a proposed ballpark with a lawsuit of its own.

Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval said in a series of 16 tweets that the ballclub filed suit against California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) in Alameda County Superior Court on Wednesday for its “failure to impose [and] enforce environmental law in West Oakland against Schnitzer Steel, the largest metal-shredding facility in the state.”

Schnitzer Steel’s 26.5-acre...

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California governor urged to reverse ports’ receding market share

California Gov. Gavin Newsom got a letter Monday asking that the state take action to reverse the loss of market share at West Coast container ports.

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), the first signatory, was joined by such organizations as the California Trucking Association, Harbor Trucking Association, California Railroad Association, Future Ports, Pacific Maritime Association, National Retail Federation, Agriculture Transportation Coalition, and Pacific Coast Customs Brokers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-governor-urged-to-reverse-ports-receding-market-share

California regulators to fleets: Buy those electric trucks

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  • A California regulation under development would require fleets operating in the state to purchase electric trucks.
  • Trucking associations are leery of the rulemaking, and prefer a phased-in approach, starting with municipal, local haul and last-mile delivery vehicles.
  • Financial incentives for electric truck purchases at risk due to economic downturn

What if you threw an electric truck party and nobody came? 

That is potentially the situation facing commercial truck makers bound by a...

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Today’s Pickup: Flock Freight reaches 12,000 pooled shipments

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Flock Freight, a logistics tech company that enables scaled freight pooling (the process of combining multiple loads onto one truck), today announced it has pooled more than 12,000 total shipments.

Additionally, Flock Freight’s hubless pooling product, FlockDirect, attracted new customers in 2020, including Berlin Packaging, Blue Diamond Almonds, Mueller Industries, Nature’s Bounty, and Tuft & Needle.  

Founded in 2015,  Flock Freight’s hubless pooling technology utilizes proprietary...

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